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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1909

Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: Table CXXVIII. Giving a Summary of the Sanitary Work performed by the District Inspectors in 1909.

Table CXXVIII. Giving a Summary of the Sanitary Work performed by the District Inspectors in 1909.

Inspections.QUARTERS.The Year.
First.Second.Third.Fourth.
House to House Inspections217240156170783
Number of Houses Inspected1,2611,4601,2411,1315,093
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.14,92114,30210,57212,68652,481
Total Visits16,39916,00211,96913,98758,357
Visits to Ice Cream Factories2110541167
Do. Dairies and Milkshops5455515775582,231
Do. Stables and Yards8238246066122,865
Do. Manure Depots3126182398
Do. Vacant Land Passages and Courts56373242167
Do. Urinals attached to P.H.'s294259224222999
Do. Under Customs and Inland Revenue Acts8797..103
Do. re Water Certificates28111132
Do. under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts....36..36
Do. Shops and Stalls on Saturday Nights84858374326
Smoke Observations13612913283480
All Inspections, Visits, &c.18,45918,04013,74915,61365,861

Table: REMOVAL OF DUST. The following statement is of interest, as showing the improvement that has been effected in the removal of dust since 1891:—

REMOVAL OF DUST. The following statement is of interest, as showing the improvement that has been effected in the removal of dust since 1891:—

Applications to Remove Dust.Applications to Remove Dust.
189110,138I9OO234
18929,96419OI157
18934,9861902198
18944.5061903152
18954.5961904Il6
18964.245190589
1897312190658
1898303190755
1899262190864
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Dust Receptacles Provided.—During the year 1,097 dust receptacles
were provided, while 32 were repaired.